Lois Lowry
"The man that I named The Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every time you place a book in the hands of a child, you do the same thing. It is very risky. But each time a child opens the book he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere. It gives him choices. It gives him freedom. Those are magnificent, wonderfully unsafe things."
— Lois Lowry
Most of Lois Lowry's books are written for children, although teens love to read Number the Stars and A Summer to Die, which was a book that allowed Mrs. Lowry to express the emotions connected to the death of her sister Helen. Although her books vary in content and style, all of them deal with the same general theme - the importance of human connections. In 2007, Mrs. Lowry was honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Award for The Giver, an incredible story that is accessible to young readers while also rich enough to stimulate serious thinking within college students and adults. Ever since the year it was published, The Giver has remained on the list of the most challenged books in the United States.
Lois Lowry discusses her popular, provocative, Newbery Medal winning novel The Giver
— Lois Lowry
Most of Lois Lowry's books are written for children, although teens love to read Number the Stars and A Summer to Die, which was a book that allowed Mrs. Lowry to express the emotions connected to the death of her sister Helen. Although her books vary in content and style, all of them deal with the same general theme - the importance of human connections. In 2007, Mrs. Lowry was honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Award for The Giver, an incredible story that is accessible to young readers while also rich enough to stimulate serious thinking within college students and adults. Ever since the year it was published, The Giver has remained on the list of the most challenged books in the United States.
Lois Lowry discusses her popular, provocative, Newbery Medal winning novel The Giver